The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
4:45 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 32.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.98° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.63° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.